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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...We will file our intervention and we are already working on it. Obviously, we want to see the substantive case from South Africa as well, which is exactly the situation that applied with regard to Ukraine.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...of a state and that state bears no consequences for that, then I would argue the logic of that position. If there was a single Commissioner who in any way equivocated on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, never mind giving carte blanche to Vladimir Putin to continue, the Tánaiste would have no difficulty in standing up in this Dáil and saying that person was inappropriate for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Ukraine War

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...file a declaration of intervention in this case under Article 63 of the statute of the court after South Africa has filed its memorial. That is absolutely in line with what happened in respect of Ukraine. We expect that a month or two after the South African memorial is submitted that we will file our intervention. On the conflict in Gaza more broadly, the current situation in Rafah...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...course, they meet the necessary criteria for membership. We welcomed the European Council’s decisions in March to open accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina and to take forward the work towards the accession of Ukraine and Moldova. We believed those were the right decisions and advocated strongly for them. Those were the right decisions based on the progress in reforms...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...Housing Commission's consultation on a right to housing in the Constitution. We appeared before other Oireachtas committees to discuss issues relating to mental health supports in schools and supports for children arriving from Ukraine. We also hosted a round-table discussion in December 2022 to consider possible interdepartmental and cross-service responses for teenagers at risk who...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: International Protection (9 May 2024)

Joe O'Brien: Since 2022 there have been unprecedented numbers of people seeking protection in Ireland due to conflicts in Ukraine, and elsewhere. The positive response of communities across the country has been central to Ireland's efforts to provide shelter and safety to those escaping conflict and persecution. The provision of services and infrastructure for communities housing refugees fleeing war...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine recently approved by the United States Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20583/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...its wider implications for the Middle East was particularly important, as we had both recently visited the region. We also discussed the international community's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I meet regularly with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris, including most recently when the British Irish Intergovernmental Conference was held in London...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: As I have said since the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this represents a threat not just to Ukraine, but to the peace and security of all of Europe. The European Union was founded on the principle of cooperation amongst states and with the aim of avoiding future conflicts. As Russia continues to directly attack a neighbouring country, undermine regional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 81 together. Discussions at EU level on foreign policy issues continue to be focused on the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, but the most recent Council also offered an important opportunity to address the situation in Sudan. The Union continues to face a grave security threat from Russia, and its escalation of war against Ukraine has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Cormac Devlin: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to Russia's continued air and missile attacks against Ukraine's civilians and civilian and critical infrastructure, including the recent intensified targeting of the energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20574/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Micheál Martin: ...reporters in Russia is greatly concerning. This is part of a broader deterioration in the domestic human rights situation, which has been severely undermined by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. I share the concerns raised by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on 7 May that Russia’s legislative framework to combat terrorism and extremism is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Russia’s ongoing military aggression against Ukraine has fundamentally altered the security situation in Europe. Together with wider global instability, this has led to a renewed focus at EU level on issues relating to security and defence. Against this backdrop, I regularly engage with leaders at the EU, UN and in our bilateral relationships on these topics, including on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...Union. I look forward to continue to work with Minister Blanár on the many global challenges we are confronted with as members of the EU, and not least countering Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Cormac Devlin: ...ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on what can be done to intensify the provision of humanitarian and civil protection assistance to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Willie O'Dea: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what further action is being taken with regard to the use of frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20581/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

James Lawless: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking with his EU counterparts to ensure that multifaceted support to Ukraine remains relevant, sufficient and strategic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20576/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...reports indicated that Montenegro, Serbia and North Macedonia continue to be the countries most prepared for EU membership, although progress on reforms over the previous 12 months was greatest in Ukraine, Moldova and Albania. There was regrettable backsliding in some areas by Türkiye. In December 2023, based on the Commission’s reports, the European Council decided to open...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...peace and security in the Western Balkans is of strategic importance to the European Union and its Member States, including Ireland. Given the wider geo-political situation, particularly in Ukraine and the Middle East, we can ill-afford any insecurity in the Western Balkans. I am extremely proud of the contribution that members of the Irish Defence Forces have made, and continue to...